29. faith vs hope- less...

faith

noun /fāTH/ faiths, plural 1.     1. Complete trust or confidence in someone or something 2. Strong belief in God or in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual apprehension rather than proof 3. A system of religious belief 4. A strongly held belief or theory

Some people say that things happen for reason. Opportunities end, a window opens when a door closes, maybe a whole house lands on you or beside you so you can enter it.... Whichever way it goes, it happens. And it happens because you probably need it.

You meet new people because you need it.

I will give you an example of the new people I have met this week and how they have changed me:

·         I met a rude coffee man that reminded me being grumpy doesn’t look good

·         I met an elderly woman that reminded me I will not be young forever

·         I met a band member that reminded me too much fun can be bad for your health (and appearance)

·         And finally I met a person that had a vast amount of faith; this reminded me that faith is quite possibly the most important believe of all.

People enter your life for a reason. Whether this is to make you mad, happy, angry or sad it happens because the reminder has a purpose.  

I believe that if you believe in something that is greater than yourself, you become a little more selfless. Your life develops another meaning. If you learn a lesson or appreciate someone’s fault to credit your own personality you could quite possibly become unbeatable (or close to it).

Without faith in something; religion, better days, life, love, or happiness, life would be pretty bland and in a sense you would be a little ‘hope-less’.

Or maybe im wrong? Who knows.

     hope·less/ˈhōplis/Adjective

1.  Inadequate; incompetent:

28. im nothing without the coffee man

The work day starts.. I walk down a busy street, jump on a crowded bus, walk a little more through a silent lane... Nothing to keep me company but road rage and thoughts from yesterday.

I walk into work and BANG.. I see a familiar desk, next to a familiar face and its warm. I know I go for coffee at 9:30am and everything will be fine.

Ok, so the point to that poetic story is that life doesn't have meaning unless it has something familiar in it, but it doesn't have meaning unless you find something unfamiliar to do.

I remember living in London wishing I could find a familiar coffee man, so, before work everyday I could gain a sense of belonging in such a busy atmosphere. To my disappointment everywhere I went had a different coffee man!? Even when I went to the same place everyday the coffee man always alternated, and something was missing from my life. It was then, that I realised the polite conversation with the stranger I didn't really know but could count on everyday really mattered.. Especially when everything else around me changed, at such a fast pace.

Without the coffee man nothing in my workday ever felt enlightening.

You can do amazing things in your life and be bold, go where no man has gone before but without the familiarity of a coffee man, friends, family or even the Asian lady at Civic IGA it wont feel right.

Adventure is great, fun and exciting but if you feel like you are doing all of this and something is still missing- Go find a coffee man.

Even if you have to walk an extra mile to get to him.

27. love, life and beautiful girls

Wow, two months passed on Friday and to say I gave up drinking is an understatement. So once again I failed you! The truth is, I don’t really care about drinking. The truth is, I just like to write...

A lot has happened in the last two weeks. I moved into a new place, scored myself a beautiful new job and in a few months will be relocating to Perth with all of my incredibly cool workmates. I got my car back and it looks better than ever, I am out of immediate debt and I can finally breath again all the while thinking that life is just too easy... when a month ago I was in fact praying for it to not be so hard on me.

The point of this random mumbling is to remind you that when everything feels just too damn hard... it’s probably because is, life probably hates you and wants you to fail so you can be bitter and angry at the world.

But you don’t have to be, you just need to hold on and keep telling it to fck off with a huge smile on your face...life will then realise you don’t care so much about what its throwing at you, and the bad luck of it all will move on to someone else.

This weekend I witnessed a wedding and a person realise she was better off without someone that wasn’t treating her right. I felt incredibly happy for both of these people..  The bride looked amazing and brought a tear to my eye, and the friend spoke out with confidence and put herself first.

I have no doubt that both of these people will be extremely happy in the months and years to come. It won’t be all bliss, all of the time, but I have every confidence that these women are incredibly smart, intelligent and a perfect example of why women kick ass and can do/become anything they want to be.

I hope that many more women try to wear such confidence and inner beauty on their sleeves. So the whole world can see just what we are made of and in return think twice before throwing unwanted objects and bad luck at us.